The Galleries shopping mall in central Bristol has officially opened its new food court, marking the mid-way point in a 10-stage, £3m upgrade programme. The food court has been relocated from its former top-floor position to a more convenient space on the middle floor. Space has been doubled to...
Property advice group GVA has appointed Tom Keys-Toyer as a director in its national retail team based in its Bristol office. Mr Keys-Toyer brings 16 years’ experience as a specialist retail consultant with Jones Lang LaSalle (formerly King Sturge). Working on a national level, he will be focusing on...
US microchip firm Maxim Integrated Products has relocated its expanding Bristol design centre to a flagship waterside office building, signalling the strength of the city’s tech sector and a tentative recovery in the commercial property market. The firm, which previously worked out of the Regus serviced office at Temple...
Sports Solutions, the Bristol-based specialist sports facility development consultancy, has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of Richard Grady as director. In his new role Richard, pictured, will have responsibility for the development and delivery of sport and leisure facility projects. He brings a wealth of sport and...
Work has started on a project to re-model, extend and refurbish One Victoria Street, one of Bristol’s most prominent office buildings. On completion the five-storey, 1980s building next to Bristol Bridge will have 47,000 sq ft of contemporary office space meeting BREEAM ‘excellent’ standards. It will also boast a...
Bristol-based serviced apartment company SACO has opened its 15th serviced apartments scheme in London as the company celebrates 15 years in business. SACO Aldgate – Foundry Court includes one, two and three-bedroom serviced apartments – each designed by London interior designer Luke Doonan of Conscious Image with a fully-equipped...
Vacant land in Bristol’s new enterprise zone is being brought back to life this week by a community-based scheme to grow organic food. The Severn Project has begun preparations to set up a temporary urban farm on the former Bath Road diesel depot site near Bristol Temple Meads railway...
The residential team at property agents Jones Lang LaSalle’s Bristol Office has been appointed by the developers of the Finzels Reach scheme to market luxury apartments alongside the city’s Floating Harbour. One and two-bedroom apartments ranging in price from £139,000 to £485,000 are being built as part of the...
National health, safety and environmental consultancy The Building Safety Group has appointed Neil Sherreard, the former managing director of Bristol-based Cowlin Construction, as a director. Neil, pictured, was previously on the board of the consultancy, based near Thornbury, between 1998 and 2008. Having left Cowlin a year ago, he...
International executive search company Dangerfield Executive has bought the freehold of an office building at Emersons Green, near Bristol, to use as its new headquarters – a sign, say property agents, of market recovery. Brook House is a 3,307 sq ft (307.2 sq m) self-contained two storey building at...
Pieminister, the fast-growing Bristol-based pie producer, has secured a substantial four-acre site in Westbury on Trym from the University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. The north Bristol site is already home to Pieminister's kitchens, where it has been producing its widely-popular products since 2007. The deal paves the way...
The final hotel in the Von Essen’s portfolio, Ston Easton Park in Somerset, has been sold to former Dragon’s Den investor James Caan. The 22 bedroom hotel located near Bath was sold by Christie & Co to Caan’s private equity firm Hamilton Bradshaw for a reported £3m on behalf...
A rare office has come onto the Bristol market which could be just the ticket for firms looking for easy rail access in a quiet location. While business space close to a railway station can command a premium and be convenient for staff and customers, one Bristol property agent...
